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Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N.-backed plan providing financial ...
Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem has reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm while Israel continues its airstrikes and occupies ...
Prominent Lebanese singer Assi Hilani has recently released a new single under the title “Beirut am Tibky” (Beirut is Crying). The song is written by Nizar Francis and is composed by Assi himself.
The racism that allows the world to stand by while Gaza is almost erased is knitted from the same cloth as that which dehumanizes African women migrants in Lebanon and elsewhere. And it’s not just ...
In an interview with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, Jean Bou Assi, a 27-year-old Lebanese Christian activist who joined in the celebratory gatherings, reacted to the news.
Lebanese Christians celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on Dec. 8, 2024. (photo: Jean Bou Assi) Romy Haber/ACI MENA/CNA World December 10, 2024 ...
Legendary Arab singer Fairuz, whose ballads have told of love, her native Lebanon and the Palestinian cause, turned 90 on Thursday as her conflict-weary country is wracked by the Israel-Hezbollah war.
She's often called "Lebanon's national treasure" because her music has intertwined with the country's culture, history, and identity. During Lebanon's civil war (1975–1990), Fairuz's songs symbolized ...
Sara the lion cub plays with her caretaker in an apartment where she was sheltered by the rescue group Animals Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2024. Unaware of the war around her, Sara thrived.
Senior officials in Lebanon are reviewing a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah, as Israel continued to target Beirut’s southern suburbs on Saturday. The ...
A Lebanese group has relocated a rescue lion cub to a sanctuary in South Africa. The group, Animals Lebanon, has rescued hundreds of pets left behind by owners fleeing the fighting that's turned ...
The group Animals Lebanon says it rescued Sara the lion cub from abuse by a Lebanese social media influencer, kept it safe in Beirut and sent it to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.